Playing Catch Up

Gosh, I am such a rubbish blogger, aren’t I?

Anyway, the postman brought me a lovely treat this week, a copy of Janet Gover’s new book The Farmer Wants a Wife. Especially lovely, as although it was on my ‘to buy’ list, I actually won the book in a competition run by Nell Dixon on her blog to celebrate the launch of her new LBD book, ‘Animal Instincts’. I love LBD books (and if you’re not familiar with LBD, then all I can say is ‘where have you been!?’) I’m really enjoying Janet’s novel, so many thanks to both Nell and Janet for the treat.

Some writing news of my own (at last, I hear you say), I have stories in these two publications this week:

Shame about Best stopping fiction, just when I’d sold them my first story too after a few (cough, cough) years of trying! Sigh, it’s not the first time that’s happened, I’ve seen out the fiction in a few magazines now. Not that I’m paranoid or anything. Anyway, I’m really pleased with the lovely illustration in Best. It’s a thrill too to be in the Weekly News alongside stories by two of my writing buddies, what an honour!

And continuing the me, me, me theme, I sold a coffee break tale to My Weekly this week.
So all in all a good week that makes up for all these weeks of blanket rejections and brown envelopes from the VAT man and tax man.

And it looks as though the sun will be shining for Mother’s Day tomorrow. Ooh I expect I will be spoilt rotten by the kids, but perhaps I ought to go and give them a gentle reminder just in case... What about you, anything exciting planned?